"The music has just been a way of life for me for as long as I can remember."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"I remember when I was taken into surgery my wife was with me and told me champion you are not leaving us, you have three children,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"And I remember waving flags and my grandfather telling me that the Apollo mission was an example of how Americans can do anything they put their minds to,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.20